1796. Second Largest Digit in a String

Description

Given an alphanumeric string s, return the second largest numerical digit that appears in s, or -1 if it does not exist.

An alphanumeric string is a string consisting of lowercase English letters and digits.

 

Example 1:

Input: s = "dfa12321afd"
Output: 2
Explanation: The digits that appear in s are [1, 2, 3]. The second largest digit is 2.

Example 2:

Input: s = "abc1111"
Output: -1
Explanation: The digits that appear in s are [1]. There is no second largest digit. 

 

Constraints:

• 1 <= s.length <= 500
• s consists of only lowercase English letters and digits.

Solutions

Solution 1: One Pass

We define $a$ and $b$ to represent the largest and second largest numbers in the string, initially $a = b = -1$.

We traverse the string $s$. If the current character is a digit, we convert it to a number $v$. If $v > a$, it means that $v$ is the largest number currently appearing, we update $b$ to $a$, and update $a$ to $v$; if $v < a$, it means that $v$ is the second largest number currently appearing, we update $b$ to $v$.

After the traversal, we return $b$.

The time complexity is $O(n)$, where $n$ is the length of the string $s$. The space complexity is $O(1)$.

Python3JavaC++GoTypeScriptRustC

class Solution:
    def secondHighest(self, s: str) -> int:
        a = b = -1
        for c in s:
            if c.isdigit():
                v = int(c)
                if v > a:
                    a, b = v, a
                elif b < v < a:
                    b = v
        return b

class Solution {
    public int secondHighest(String s) {
        int a = -1, b = -1;
        for (int i = 0; i < s.length(); ++i) {
            char c = s.charAt(i);
            if (Character.isDigit(c)) {
                int v = c - '0';
                if (v > a) {
                    b = a;
                    a = v;
                } else if (v > b && v < a) {
                    b = v;
                }
            }
        }
        return b;
    }
}

class Solution {
public:
    int secondHighest(string s) {
        int a = -1, b = -1;
        for (char& c : s) {
            if (isdigit(c)) {
                int v = c - '0';
                if (v > a) {
                    b = a, a = v;
                } else if (v > b && v < a) {
                    b = v;
                }
            }
        }
        return b;
    }
};

func secondHighest(s string) int {
    a, b := -1, -1
    for _, c := range s {
        if c >= '0' && c <= '9' {
            v := int(c - '0')
            if v > a {
                b, a = a, v
            } else if v > b && v < a {
                b = v
            }
        }
    }
    return b
}

function secondHighest(s: string): number {
    let first = -1;
    let second = -1;
    for (const c of s) {
        if (c >= '0' && c <= '9') {
            const num = c.charCodeAt(0) - '0'.charCodeAt(0);
            if (first < num) {
                [first, second] = [num, first];
            } else if (first !== num && second < num) {
                second = num;
            }
        }
    }
    return second;
}

impl Solution {
    pub fn second_highest(s: String) -> i32 {
        let mut first = -1;
        let mut second = -1;
        for c in s.as_bytes() {
            if char::is_digit(*c as char, 10) {
                let num = (c - b'0') as i32;
                if first < num {
                    second = first;
                    first = num;
                } else if num < first && second < num {
                    second = num;
                }
            }
        }
        second
    }
}

int secondHighest(char* s) {
    int first = -1;
    int second = -1;
    for (int i = 0; s[i]; i++) {
        if (isdigit(s[i])) {
            int num = s[i] - '0';
            if (num > first) {
                second = first;
                first = num;
            } else if (num < first && second < num) {
                second = num;
            }
        }
    }
    return second;
}

Solution 2: Bit Manipulation

We can use an integer $mask$ to mark the numbers that appear in the string, where the $i$-th bit of $mask$ indicates whether the number $i$ has appeared.

We traverse the string $s$. If the current character is a digit, we convert it to a number $v$, and set the $v$-th bit of $mask$ to $1$.

Finally, we traverse $mask$ from high to low, find the second bit that is $1$, and the corresponding number is the second largest number. If there is no second largest number, return $-1$.

The time complexity is $O(n)$, where $n$ is the length of the string $s$. The space complexity is $O(1)$.

Python3JavaC++Go

class Solution:
    def secondHighest(self, s: str) -> int:
        mask = reduce(or_, (1 << int(c) for c in s if c.isdigit()), 0)
        cnt = 0
        for i in range(9, -1, -1):
            if (mask >> i) & 1:
                cnt += 1
            if cnt == 2:
                return i
        return -1

class Solution {
    public int secondHighest(String s) {
        int mask = 0;
        for (int i = 0; i < s.length(); ++i) {
            char c = s.charAt(i);
            if (Character.isDigit(c)) {
                mask |= 1 << (c - '0');
            }
        }
        for (int i = 9, cnt = 0; i >= 0; --i) {
            if (((mask >> i) & 1) == 1 && ++cnt == 2) {
                return i;
            }
        }
        return -1;
    }
}

class Solution {
public:
    int secondHighest(string s) {
        int mask = 0;
        for (char& c : s)
            if (isdigit(c)) mask |= 1 << c - '0';
        for (int i = 9, cnt = 0; ~i; --i)
            if (mask >> i & 1 && ++cnt == 2) return i;
        return -1;
    }
};

func secondHighest(s string) int {
    mask := 0
    for _, c := range s {
        if c >= '0' && c <= '9' {
            mask |= 1 << int(c-'0')
        }
    }
    for i, cnt := 9, 0; i >= 0; i-- {
        if mask>>i&1 == 1 {
            cnt++
            if cnt == 2 {
                return i
            }
        }
    }
    return -1
}

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